JERUSALEM/GAZA -- Israel said on Sunday it had received the remains of three hostages from Hamas in Gaza, as part of the ongoing exchange of bodies under the ceasefire agreement.
The remains were handed over to Israeli forces inside the Gaza Strip by the International Committee of the Red Cross and will be transferred to the national forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. (Israel-Hostages-Hamas Handover)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to disarm Hamas and demilitarize the Gaza Strip, saying his government would keep targeting remaining militant cells despite a ceasefire that took effect last month.
"Some Hamas cells remain active in parts of Gaza under our control, and we are systematically eliminating them," Netanyahu told ministers, citing areas in Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza. (Israel-Gaza-Hamas Conflict)
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ABU DHABI -- The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), an oil giant of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday announced an agreement with Microsoft to co-develop and deploy AI agents across ADNOC's operations.
The agreement also includes two other energy companies, Masdar and XRG, with the aim of developing sustainable energy projects and infrastructure to support Microsoft's global AI and data-center expansion, according to a statement released by ADNOC. (UAE-AI-Energy)
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GAZA -- Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, have been permitted to enter the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza to search for the bodies of Israeli hostages, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.
Israeli public radio confirmed that the government had approved the entry of Hamas members, accompanied by Red Cross teams, into the area enclosed by the "Yellow Line," where Israeli troops have since withdrawn, to search for the remains of hostages. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel) ■
